The Unbearable

SITA OSTHEIMER | VERVE 22

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Costume Andi Walker · Choreography Sita Ostheimer · Lighting Barnaby Booth · Music Tony Birch · Dance Rehearsal Assistant Jonathan Sanchez · Photography Genevieve Reeves

We easily take things and facts for granted, calling them true and fixed in their meaning, only because we have access to them. We confound growing collective intelligence with a growing access to knowledge and information. The same with human relationships. We do not understand each other better simply because our social networks are more complex.

“Confrontation with another human being implies courage, stamina. Not being afraid, neither of emotional distance nor closeness. It means taking responsibility.”